Fastening for gloves



IINrrnn raras WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON, OF BOSTON, MASSAOIIUSEITS.l

FASTENING FOR GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,069, dated May 15, 1888.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. RICHARD- SON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of theUnit-ed States, have invented a new and useful Iniprovement in Fastenings for Gloves and other Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to a fastening device for gloves and similar uses, one member of which is a ball, stud, or analogous device, and the other comprises a device adapted to receive and grasp or hold the ball or stud member; and it is to this lastnamed fastening or member of the fastening to which my invention relates.

In the drawings,Figures 1 and2 showin plan and section a partiallyformed blank from which the dome, jaw-plates, and fasteningprongs of the device are formed. Figs. 3 and 4 represent the blank reduced to complete shape. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 relate to the staypiece and its construction. Figs. 9 and 10 relate to the under Washer. Figs. 11 and 12 show the ball, post, or stud member of the fastening. Fig. 13 represents the ball or stud holding device secured to the material upon which it is used. Fig. 14 represents it in operative position with the ball, stud, or post.

rIhe fastening comprises a dome or button top or section, c, ball holding or grasping plates a', made integral with the button or dome-shaped top ct, an interior stay-piece, ci, for locating and fixing the relation of the grasping-.plates ato the dome or button top a, and the fasteningprougs c", which are integral with the dome or button top.

In making the device I prefer to use a dat blank of suitable metal, shaped in plan substantially as represented in Fig. l, and coinprising the sections b, b, and 112. The section b is formed into the dome c. Sections b have recesses b3 and are bent inward from thelower edge ofthe button or rounded section and their edges brought together or very nearly together, so as to form the grasping or holding jaws a and an opening, at, between them, through which the stud or post may be passed, and which is substantially central in relation to the dome or button. The sections b2 of the blank are bent inward from thelower edge of the dome or button and then downward to form the fastening-prongs c3.

To hold the jaws a from being bent out of shape by the thrust of the ball or stud,Icause the same to be supported or stayed in their proper position against such thrust by means of the stay piece c2. This, preferably, is formed from a disk, c, (see Figs. 5, 6, and 7,) of suitable metal, shaped as represented in Fig. 5, and struck up at its center to form the sleeve c', somewhat larger than the socketn openings at. This also provides the stay-section with a flange, c?, and this liange is of al size to bear against the inner surface of the dome or button a, and thus bring the sleeve c centrally in relation to the said opening af; and the sleeve is of suiicient length to bear against the upper innersurface ofthe dome or button. (See Fig. 13.)

In use a hole is formed in the material to which the fastening is to be applied, in line with the opening, and this hole may or may not be protected by an eyelet. The prongs are passed through the material and are turned to secure the fastening to the material upon the opposite surface thereof', and I prefer to use upon the said surface a washer, d, (see Fig. 9,) having a central hole, d', in line with the hole in the material, and also holes d2 near its circumference, through which the fastening-prongs a3 extend; and when this construction is employed of course the ends of the fastening-prongs are bent over upon the under surface of the washer.

The advantages of the invention arise from the fact that the fastening can be made quite thin-that is, so as to project but comparatively little from the surface of the material; second, from the cheapness of the construction, and, third, from the employment of the staypiece, which enables me to obtain a flat thin construction by bending the sections which forni the jaws inward quite closely to the top of the dome or button, as their support against the thrust of the stud or post is not derived from the edge of the dome or button but rather from the stay-piece.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesdl. In a fastening for gloves and other arti ICO cles, the member having a dome or button top, a, the jaws a', formed by inward extensions from the lower edge of the button or dome sections of the blank from which it is formed, 5 thefastening-prongs @integral with the dome, and the stay-piece a2, interposed between the jaws and the top of the dome, substantially as described.

2. In a fastening for gloves and other artirc cles, the member having the dome or button top ci, thejaws a', covered bythe dome or button top a, and a staypiece or support for the jaw-plates contained between the top of the dorne and the upper surface of the jaws, substantially as described. l 3. The combination7 in a fastening for gloves and other articles, of the dome or button d, l the jaws a, and the stay a2, having a locatingange, c, and a staying sleeve or section, c',

substantially as described.

VILLIAM S. RICHARDSON. In presence 0f s F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, E. P. SMALL. 

